What is the BlueInvest Project Pipeline?

See our showcase of innovative projects and entrepreneurs who are shaping the Blue Economy.

Projects consist of innovative, scalable and sustainable business ventures from traditional and emerging sectors of the maritime economy.

The graphs below provide an overview of the country distribution, sector, and TRL of projects currently listed in the BlueInvest Project Pipeline.

 

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Selection Criteria:

Your company is EU-based or from an eligible sea basin region (Georgia, Turkey, Ukraine, Moldova, Montenegro, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, Lebanon, Syria, Libya, Mauritania, United Kingdom, or Norway)

Your project TRL is 4 or higher

Your project sector is in one of the 10 blue economy sectors identified for this initiative

Your solution has a clear sustainable impact on the blue economy

Your project is looking for investment

Project Country

Country in which the project is being developed and / or implemented. 

Project Sector

Main blue economy sector the project relates to.

Project TRL

Current technology readiness level of the project. 

BlueNewables

Offshore floating solar technology : PV-bos

  • Blue renewable energy

Company behind project
BlueNewables

Spain

About Us
The entrepreneurs are five naval architects with 10-15 years experience each of us in offshore engineering both O&G and offshore renewables (offshore wind and wave and tidal). The CEO, Bernardino Counago, MSc Naval Architect from Polytechnic University of Madrid, has spent 12 years in the development of fixed and floating wind offshore projects. - Expert in offshore engineering and marine renewables energies. - Lead design roles on pioneering and innovative offshore projects in companies like Iberdrola, Tecnalia, Esteyco and GMC deepwater. - Author of several patents about floating wind devices - Best Young Naval Architecture career in 2018 awarded by Spanish Naval Architects Association AINE - Best European poster on its field. EWEA 2016 - 2 Gold medals by AINE for his work related to floating wind projects



Problem we are solving
BlueNewables is a technology and engineering services provider. We own a family of technologies for the offshore wind and solar markets. We are approaching BlueInvest program to rise funding for the PV-bos offshore solar technology.

PV-bos will become one of the first oceanic floating solar devices in the world. It is a unique, modular, easy to industrialize, cost-effective and easy to build & install device. Oriented to markets where the soil is scarce or expensive, isolated networks, islands etc.

Sustainable Impact on Blue Ecconomy
We are contributing to the Energy Transition by smartly designing a new propietary floating solar concept, bringing the experience from the O&G and floating wind with an innovative approach adapted to the specific requirements of the floating solar requirements.
Our team is fit for purpose in the development of our products. Our network and contacts consist of relevant market players.

TRL
  • TRL 7 - System prototype demonstration in a relevant environment

  • Readiness Assistance Beneficiary


Financial Needs2.000.000 €

Planned Funding Allocation
  • Sales and Marketing: 20
  • Operations: 60
  • To hire more resources: 20